Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu —— American Representations of India, 1721-1893

----- 外来人、印度人和印度教徒: 驻印度的美国代表，1721年-1893年

ISBN: 9780190654924 出版年：2017 页码：201 Altman, Michael J Oxford University Press

Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu is a groundbreaking analysis of American representations of religion in India before the turn of the twentieth century. Before Americans wrote about "Hinduism," they wrote about "heathenism," "the religion of the Hindoos," and "Brahmanism." Americans used the heathen, Hindoo, and Hindu as an other against which they represented themselves. The questions of American identity, classification, representation and the definition of "religion" that animated descriptions of heathens, Hindoos, and Hindus in the past still animate American debates today.